Tag: OKADA
Lagos bans tricycles, Okada, Opay, Gokada
Lagos State Government has placed a ban on the activities of commercial motorcycles popularly called Okada and tricycles in some local government areas in...
Fallen container kills Okada rider, passenger in Ogun
A 40-foot container fell off the truck conveying it and crushed a motorcycle (Okada) rider and his passenger in Mowe, Ogun State, close to...
Lagos police begin massive arrest of Okada riders June 15
The Lagos State Police Command on Sunday said it has concluded plans to commence massive arrest of unlawful commercial motorcycle operators, popularly known as...
Commercial motorcyclist pleads guilty to robbing passengers of N650,000
A 26-year-old motorcyclist, Lateef Sanni, was on Thursday remanded in Kirikiri Prisons on the orders of an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court after pleading guilty to...
Lagos police give okada riders 3 days to register or risk...
The Lagos Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, has given commercial motorcyclists in the state three days to register with any of the two relevant...
Okada thief, 35, bags three months in jail
Thirty-five-year-old Samson Muftau is to spend the next three months in jail for stealing an unregistered motorcycle, according to an Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court...
Kidnapping: Lagos beefs up security in Epe, vows enforcement of okada...
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday assured farmers in the state especially in Epe axis of adequate measures to protect them against incessant kidnappings,...
Lagos to crush over 4000 impounded commercial motorcycles
The Lagos State Government on Monday said it has concluded plans to commence the crushing and recycling of over 4000 impounded commercial motorcycles popularly...
Lagos has powers to restrict okada, Appeal Court affirms
The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos on Thursday affirmed the judgment of a Lagos High Court upholding the constitutionality of Section 3 of...
A vote for Ambode on Okada
Buzz by Olumide Iyanda
Email: olumide@qed.ng Twitter: @mightyng
Twice in two days - as recently as two weeks ago – two chief security officers in Lagos...